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[Casey Miles]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

What you are saying is that they should shut out the racers who attend races, accumulate grade points, and are willing to travel to an event in favor of racers who only stick close to home and happen to live near the event?

No, that's not what I'm saying, the local division racers should get first preference, then out of division racers get to enter. All on grade points system of your division.

Why should a racer who never entered an out of division race get preference over an in division racer?

Casey Miles

[Larry Hill]

Don,
You used to be able to average the last three years points. Would that work better?

Patsy

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Don,
You used to be able to average the last three years points. Would that work better?

Patsy

no it would work better the last two years, my average would be 5 out west there are not a lot of options to race for a grade point especially if you have a issue with a race car and not able to go to many points races

[Hacksaw]

I thought they already have some kind of average system for racers that a major setback, mechanical or otherwise.

[Larry Hill]

Hats off to all the present and former Champs that did not enter. They can enter the very last day even if it is closed, But it is understandable if the Champs enter some time before the last day. I remember Dan Fletcher forgot to enter until after the cut off time and NHRA would not accept his entry. Moral of the story: enter early and enter often, unless you be the Champ!

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

I thought they already have some kind of average system for racers that a major setback, mechanical or otherwise.

They can average the three previous years. I asked to average the 3 years preceding my recent 4 year “sabbatical” and NHRA said no. I don’t really have an big issue with starting over, it’s “house rules” and everybody knows that going in. Or at least they should.

[Shaun Vincent]

Shouldn't a National Event include the best racers, not the racer who went to 8 races and lost in the 1st rd at them all? How about the top ten in each division gets 8 grad points. 11-20 gets 7, 21-30 gets 6 and so on. The field wouldn't fill up as fast and it would be based on accomplishments instead of location. Just a thought.

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

No, that's not what I'm saying, the local division racers should get first preference, then out of division racers get to enter. All on grade points system of your division.

Why should a racer who never entered an out of division race get preference over an in division racer?

I don't understand what is so difficult about the current system, or why entering a national event is viewed as some sort of birthright.

If you want to race a national, support the series to the point that you won't have a problem. If you get shut out, try harder next year or find something else to do.

[btrc]

I asked if I could use the year before my 28 year "retirement". Never got an answer.

[Casey Miles]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

I don't understand what is so difficult about the current system, or why entering a national event is viewed as some sort of birthright.

If you want to race a national, support the series to the point that you won't have a problem. If you get shut out, try harder next year or find something else to do.

It's easy for that response, but when your point races are hundreds of miles apart and you have to work, it's not like trying harder. I lived in D1, you can reach almost any race in just a few hours. Also, there are national opens that don't exist in many other divisions. There needs to another criteria so that the local division racer can race a national event in his "own" division.

Casey Miles
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